The January New Manager Warchest Transfer Thread

[trinityoap]

I'd settle for a 21yr. old Ursula Andress.

[Drummond]

I'd settle for a 21yr. old Ursula Andress.

We'll end up with Andrea Leadsom. Her age is irrelevant.

[paul_e]

We are looking for a 21 year old patrick viera , how hard can it be ?

I honestly don't think we are because we have a couple of 18 year olds who might well be that in a few years time (Carney Chuk and Tim Iroegbunam). I suspect it'll be someone much closer to their prime that we bring in.

[Footy-Vill]

If you see Bissouma meanderous display vs Burnley wouldn't be worth the 50mil he was struggling to play the DM role wrong side of play.
We can have a close look at him next week provided he's not dropped

[paul_e]

If you see Bissouma meanderous display vs Burnley wouldn't be worth the 50mil he was struggling to play the DM role wrong side of play.
We can have a close look at him next week provided he's not dropped

He's had a few games like that that I've seen which has always made me a little unsure on whether he's the player we need, he has the physicality but doesn't read the game particularly well.

[Mister E]

I'd still be looking at Shkiri from Koln though, will be in the last year of his contract come the summer and I'd imagine wouldn't cost more than about £10-15m. For me he's one of the most underrated players around right now because he has everything you'd want from a top DM; never stops running, reads the game well, good touch, can pass and tackle, good in the air and is a decent finisher when he gets forward, I think he'd be perfect for what we need, freeing up the other midfielders to drift forward more, covering in front of the centre backs and able to get on the ball and pass through midfield.

I know nothing about Shkiri but with Nakamba and Tim on the books, an experienced addition would perhaps suffice, without us needing to break the bank.
Talk of £50m for Bissouma makes me very nervous that we're blowing the bank.

[villabear]

Genuine question. Is Bissouma still the answer to our midfield problems after people watched him on Saturday?

[Risso]

Genuine question. Is Bissouma still the answer to our midfield problems after people watched him on Saturday?

One game isn't enough to make any sort of judgement on, surely? You'd hope that the recruitment team would have done their homework on him before making the bid. He had more touches and passes than any Villa player. I guess his defensive ability wasn't needed as much because they had ⅔ of the possession.

[LeeB]

Genuine question. Is Bissouma still the answer to our midfield problems after people watched him on Saturday?

One game isn't enough to make any sort of judgement on, surely? You'd hope that the recruitment team would have done their homework on him before making the bid. He had more touches and passes than any Villa player. I guess his defensive ability wasn't needed as much because they had ⅔ of the possession.

You could maybe ask why there wasn't a Brighton player in Sussex when Cash picked up that loose ball on the edge of the box. That would concern me a bit.

[Clampy]

Genuine question. Is Bissouma still the answer to our midfield problems after people watched him on Saturday?

One game isn't enough to make any sort of judgement on, surely?

Mind you, to be fair you saw four minutes of Tim and reckon he looked better than Chukwemeka.

[dave shelley]

Speaking of Chukwemeka, I don't know why he didn't make the bench on Saturday, anyone know why?

I wonder if it's injury related or maybe he's made it known he's not going to accept a new contract and Gerrard has perhaps thought fuck him, if he isn't signing I'll not waste anymore time on him given what's coming up behind him.  Just guessing.

[Risso]

Genuine question. Is Bissouma still the answer to our midfield problems after people watched him on Saturday?

One game isn't enough to make any sort of judgement on, surely?

Mind you, to be fair you saw four minutes of Tim and reckon he looked better than Chukwemeka.

Bloody hell Clampy, bad weekend?

[Clampy]

Genuine question. Is Bissouma still the answer to our midfield problems after people watched him on Saturday?

One game isn't enough to make any sort of judgement on, surely?

Mind you, to be fair you saw four minutes of Tim and reckon he looked better than Chukwemeka.

Bloody hell Clampy, bad weekend?

No, great weekend, we won.

[Risso]

Maybe cheer up then, and stop being a stalky obsessive.

[paul_e]

I've never been completely sold on Bissouma, at £20-25m I'd be ok with it but the sort of price that's been mentioned is ridiculous.